A Novel Tobacco Market Diversification : Unsmoking Rich Countries while Smoking Low-and-Middle Income Countries
In this working paper, an exploration of available data and information is conducted and findings presented, to support the view that the dichotomous business model and related harm reduction narrative promoted nowadays by the tobacco industry, mer...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099824004282257047/IDU0e28b434e0bf5704eed0a39e03059f687080f http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37490 |
| Summary: | In this working paper, an exploration
of available data and information is conducted and findings
presented, to support the view that the dichotomous business
model and related harm reduction narrative promoted nowadays
by the tobacco industry, merits scrutiny by the
international community. The promotion of e-cigarettes as
welfare enhancing in rich countries, particularly because
they are posited to help adult smokers quit, tends to
obfuscate a dire reality. The same tobacco industry that
promotes (e-cigarettes as harm reduction in rich countries,
derives the bulk of its profits by selling cigarettes in
lower income countries. |
|---|